we_o must_v obey_v king_n whether_o they_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a 26._o knokes_n appel_n fol._n 26._o they_o answer_v it_o be_v blasphemy_n so_o to_o say_v again_o when_o these_o object_n that_o god_n place_v evil_a king_n and_o tyrant_n sometime_o to_o punish_v the_o people_n the_o other_o answer_n so_o he_o do_v sometime_o private_a man_n also_o to_o kill_v they_o moreover_o when_o they_o allege_v s._n paul_n that_o he_o comand_v we_o we_o shall_v pray_v for_o prince_n â—7_n â—uch_o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la reg_fw-la pag._n â—7_n 1._o tim._n 2._o the_o other_o do_v answer_v we_o may_v punish_v thief_n and_o pray_v for_o they_o also_o and_o when_o these_o reply_n that_o the_o same_o apostle_n command_v express_o to_o be_v obedient_a to_o such_o a_o prince_n 1._o tim._n 3._o they_o answer_v 50._o buch._n ibid._n pag._n 50._o that_o paul_n write_v this_o in_o the_o infancy_n of_o the_o church_n but_o if_o he_o live_v now_o he_o will_v say_v otherwise_o except_o he_o will_v dissent_v from_o 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